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I'd add that HU has pretty proscribed instances of when a character can have both super powers and spell access, which makes some of the above a harder sell than using the year-based Skill Cost for Martial Art Forms, or maybe even having a HU character switch to an O.C.C.. While that does make the ...

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I finally, after many, MANY years of threatening to do so, have rolled up my Overpowered Zentraedi Character. I went with the Zentraedi Officer, and stayed as close to book legal as I could. I am guessing that a lot of people new to the Palladium system of skills have no idea of how FEW skills are ...

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I finally, after many, MANY years of threatening to do so, have rolled up my Overpowered Zentraedi Character. I went with the Zentraedi Officer, and stayed as close to book legal as I could. I am guessing that a lot of people new to the Palladium system of skills have no idea of how FEW skills are a...

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Hmm. I wonder... I went with a minimal approach to my OP Zentraedi, I'll admit. I wonder what else I could legally pile into the poor guy to make GM's twitch... I already thought up Strength of the Whale, linked to a Permanency run implanted in one of his bones. That doubles his strength and adds 50...

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As a thought exercise, and in response to a couple of challenges posted on these boards, I created a book-legal character that was overpowered. Start with a 1st Edition Robotech Zentraedi. Roll as normal for their alien species. Then take skills and super powers, make into a Mega-Hero. Mega-Hero ma...

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As a thought exercise, and in response to a couple of challenges posted on these boards, I created a book-legal character that was overpowered. Start with a 1st Edition Robotech Zentraedi. Roll as normal for their alien species. Then take skills and super powers, make into a Mega-Hero. Mega-Hero mak...

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i feel like having a borg friend with a strong armored boot would solve like....70% of your door-bypassing needs My group found a Great Horned Dragon Hatchling with mystic portal solved like 75% of them and a Head Hunter with demolitions and fusion blocks solved most of the rest. Ah, yes. A favorit...

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Hey folks. Yes, by all rights this is a necropost. I am aware of this. I just wanted to thank everyone here for inspiring me to actually try my hand at fanfic writing. Since April, I've managed to put down (and post on AO3) 160,000 words over two story arcs, with a third arc in the planning stages....

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Hey folks. Yes, by all rights this is a necropost. I am aware of this. I just wanted to thank everyone here for inspiring me to actually try my hand at fanfic writing. Since April, I've managed to put down (and post on AO3) 160,000 words over two story arcs, with a third arc in the planning stages. ...

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In all honesty, IF they noticed, and IF they thought it might be a threat (CAN Republic might. I refuse to believe that ARCHIE-7 hasn't been alerting whoever is in charge that ARCHIE-3 has been using their satellites without their knowledge using pre-Rifts codes), I can easily see them using methods...

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Lock them in a cage, weld it shut for transport. Or make a base, and lower the cage down onto it. The weight of the cage is essentially the lock.

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Splynn Dimensional Market has magical and biowizard restraints. The TechnoWizard Shackles get a saving throw against Escape, and as a GM, you could easily come up with an improvement on it.

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Personally, I would rule that Borgs would be immune to the melding from a Malvoren, considering that they're considered immune to all forms of Telemechanics as of RUE p.47. Yeah, I know it's less psychic power and more direct mergence, but where do we draw the line with compatibility? The rules for ...

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So, no suggestions? Bummer.

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Triax had to alloy the stuff with ceramics and such to make it lightweight enough to actually be able to make something usable out of it, by the book.

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In the Triax 2 book, page 70, it was declared that Triax Industries developed the first Mega-Damage material in 2050, which weighed in at almost 3 tons for a 12 inch cube of the stuff. Completely disregarding the stupidly inconvenient mess of making something out of the stuff that might be useful, w...

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These days, I am usually playing the character with travelling facilities, like large trucks and such. Generally, my characters end up picking up hitchhikers.

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As for the location of Chi-Town, I always used Champagne-Urbana. The Great Library would be the old college library, and the arcology itself something dreamed up as a portion of some form of bio-dome demonstration by the college, possibly something showcasing how humanity was planning to survive on ...

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Darkraven: "Humanity has never need a reason to be s****y at each other, just an excuse. Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go and kill this guy for... reasons. Yeah, reasons."

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While we tend to think of Technowizards as magic item builders, we might some times forget that they can cast their spells independently. There is a catch though, they can cast it like a Ley Line Wizard and take penalties to the spell's potency OR they can channel the casting through a device (TW o...

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Darkraven: "And people wonder why I prefer to work FAR AWAY from 'civilization'."

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[ The Random Medtech is quickly section8'ed and placed on heavy duty drugs due to the mental scaring after her conversation with Tolliver in her very own *Comfy Room* at *Club Med* The -other- female medtech listening in on the conversation just chimes in with the question "And how does she ha...

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"It is important to not confuse xeroform bandages with xenomorph aliens when dressing your wounds, as the former will help you heal, while the latter is apt to lay eggs in your stomach."
-Excerpt from the official UEsG First Aid Manual

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Thanks for the look up.

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I know that this has been asked before, but has there ever been a determination on whether the exploding die rule applies for non-humans?

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Okay, so, just borrow the book from my Gm. First and foremost: Holy crud, its amazing. Love 90% + of the book. Cant wait to get my own copy soon! Did notice something though, particularly in the crystal mage OCC. Power 8, it says the can shape and polish crystals with their hands. The note just bef...

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In a game a looong while ago, a character in the group loaded his Snow Lion's grenade launcher with airburst paint grenades. The GM at the time was overly fond of Naruni Active Camo Armor, and this was a way around that. That having been mentioned, I really don't see why paint rounds would be ineffe...

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I'll admit to not liking the knockdown rules in RGMG. They seem somewhat... lacking, all things considered. If MDC damage is 100x more powerful than SDC damage, then MDC knockdown using kinetic rounds should be staggeringly common.

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I'm glad so many people have been able to get ahold of it. My local gaming store has been having issues with their distributor, so my copy has yet to come in. I would have ordered direct from Palladium, but I'm trying to support local business.

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I'd like to see psychic abilities get the same variety and treatment as magic.

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I never really liked the TW bionics because of their tendency to reduce a mage's PPE pool. I designed the TW Replacement Limbs to get around that.

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Speaking personally, I would recommend the M1 Carbine. Fewer worries about gas issues, easily modifiable, and more easily suppressed. Using full powered battle rifle rounds would be a pain in this style of configuration. Even with a suppressor in place, muzzle flip and recoil are going to be beastly.

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I'm not disagreeing with the technicals, but it really isn't terribly difficult. Especially bearing in mind that the baffling from the integral suppressor will spawn issues with round cycling due to less gas pressure. Trust me, that would be far more problematic of a workaround than a bullpup stock,...

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How about these:
A Circle of Flame powered cooking griddle.

Techno-Wizard Replacement Limbs. Utilizing a combination of technology and magic, this strap-on attachment creates a ghostly limb out of mystical force. Stats are as normal, and cannot be upgraded like cybernetic limbs.

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Personally, I think that the tubes running to the extremities are mostly part of the monitoring system and acting as a reserve spot-dosage unit. I would think that the grand majority of the drugs would be delivered through the main artery in the chest for faster distribution through the body. The bi...

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Ah, I see. Setting matters quite a lot, as some of the techniques and equipment simply haven't been invented yet. This adjusts numbers a bit. Here are the adjustments to my previous post that I would add. 1) a bullpup: Easily designed, but tricky to manufacture during the era. -5% 2) converting from...

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As a gunsmith, I can honestly state that these are not prohibitively difficult modifications. 1) a bullpup: This is little more than moving the action up the stock. Some custom configuring is required, but not difficult. A new stock is required, but easily designed. 2) converting from semi- to selec...

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It's also one of the six abilities from the skill Sharpshooting, of which the Gunslinger gets all six. I use the version from Conversion Book One, Revised.

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As a player, if the GM will let me get one, I have always liked the WR-5050 Super Cargo Hauler from Triax & The NGR.

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Another reason might be because the REF already fully tested hover system cyclones and found the wheeled models to have more utility. They can be found in the UEEF Marines sourcebook.

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i would personally rule that, with his force field on, he would be limited to a rough top speed of 150-200 mph due to air resistance. Performance car manufacturers call this "aerodynamic speed limitation".

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So, what you're saying is that it's practically the oldest House Rule in Palladium. Because I have heard this in every Palladium game group I've been in over the course of 30 years, on 3 different continents, and in 5 different states. That's why I raised the question of where that rule was original...

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If I can get one, hands down my favorite is the WR-5050 Super Cargo Hauler. Get it modified by a Techno-Wizard or an Operator, and that becomes a nice ride. NEW QUESTION! Has anybody ever used a techno-wizard, bio-wizard, or magic vehicle as their regular transportation throughout a campaign? I jus...

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If I can get one, hands down my favorite is the WR-5050 Super Cargo Hauler. Get it modified by a Techno-Wizard or an Operator, and that becomes a nice ride.

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So it's not actually an official rule that can be cited and posted. I understand the desire for game balance (never mind that Rifts isn't balanced in the slightest), but I can see the stacking potential being used as an actual method of a character specializing in a particular weapon through trainin...

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I mean, I've heard that ruling from GMs for decades. My best guess is that it might have originated waaaay back in the original Palladium Fantasy, but I was hoping that someone actually knew where it came from. The ruling seems to be an "Everyone knows" sort of thing. Although it seems tha...

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I may have missed it, but does anyone know where the "only one WP's bonuses apply" thing originates?

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Well, so long as it's funny, I suppose...

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I had an odd idea while I was at work this week. **** The screaming subsided as the incinerator did it's work. Panting, the bearded man leaned against the hatch, not believing his poor fortune. "Sonuva... What the hell is going on?" he asked the empty office, the ceiling covered with a rev...

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